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The Hydroponic, Robotic Future of Farming in Greenhouses
Wired
| November 20, 2017
| Matt Simon
Posted on 08/01/2018 1:01:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Link only due to copyright issues:
https://www.wired.com/story/the-hydroponic-robotic-future-of-farming-in-greenhouses-at-iron-ox/
TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food; Science
KEYWORDS: farming; food; hydroponics
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posted on
08/01/2018 1:01:57 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Just don’t let your wife catch you eating hydroponic veggies.
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posted on
08/01/2018 1:03:51 PM PDT
by
budj
(combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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No food value to Hydro-grown vegies!
We desperately need the minerals in the soil.
If your soil is depleted, burn fallen timber and disc it into the soil.
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posted on
08/01/2018 1:08:13 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: editor-surveyor
Minerals are added to the fluid, often at ideal quantities specific to the requirements of the plant.
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posted on
08/01/2018 1:26:55 PM PDT
by
taxcontrol
(Stupid should hurt)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
08/01/2018 1:35:10 PM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: taxcontrol
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Only water soluable minerals can be added.
Most of the necessary minerals are not soluable.
Hydroponics is a joke at best.
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posted on
08/01/2018 1:36:52 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: budj
Why would you want to? They are tasteless
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posted on
08/01/2018 1:37:02 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jeffersons)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; editor-surveyor
“So radically different from the last 10,000 years of agriculture, that it may as well be happening on Mars.”
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posted on
08/01/2018 1:37:41 PM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: editor-surveyor
Which minerals required by plants, are not water soluble?
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:03:19 PM PDT
by
taxcontrol
(Stupid should hurt)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:04:33 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: 2ndDivisionVet
1000 heads of lettuce at 3 bucks each... raised by a robotic arm at 50k each...
Wow you can turn a healthy profit of two months rent in only 30 years.
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:21:06 PM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: American in Israel
I’m pretty sure the robot costs a lot less than $50,000.
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:50:37 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I prefer robot farmed food over illegals and socialists handling my food.
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posted on
08/01/2018 2:56:28 PM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(The Democratic Party is now a hate-group)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Robots mean we do not need trespassers to harvest our food....right?
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posted on
08/01/2018 3:03:04 PM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(The Democratic Party is now a hate-group)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It’s cute when city slickers try farming in the city.
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posted on
08/01/2018 3:59:21 PM PDT
by
Reeses
(A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
To: zeestephen
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
08/01/2018 5:12:20 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down....)
To: editor-surveyor
Re: “Most of the necessary minerals are not soluble."
OK.
So, what physical process moves the minerals from the soil into the plant?
To: zeestephen
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The soil provides for reactions that a tank of water can’t.
Minerals taken up from soil are usually due to combustion on the surface at some point in the past, or wood ash being dumped on the top and mixed in.
Puting ash in the tank is of no help, it sinks to the bottom or floats on the top.
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posted on
08/01/2018 5:20:17 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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